Iranian and Iraqi pipeline engineers killed
Iranian and Iraqi workers on gas pipeline already delayed by security problems slayed by unknown gunmen.
Raad Shalal al-Ani (center right) stands beside Iranian Ambassador Hassan Danaie-Far (center left) at the signing of a $365 million pipeline contract at the Electricity Ministry in Baghdad on June 30, 2011. (Photo courtesy of the Electricity Ministry)
BAQUBA - At least 17 engineers working on an Iran-Iraq natural gas pipeline in Diyala province were killed on their way back to their base at the Naft Khana oil field near Khanaqin.
A senior Diyala province security official said 15 Iranian and two Iraqi "engineers, technicians, and workers… were killed when unknown gunmen opened fire against their vehicle between Alnida wa Khazraj, a work site, and Naft Khana."
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